Sometimes the intensity and the grind of doing television can wear you down, but at the same time there's something about the repetition, the sheer mass of work that you do that's also liberating.

My life is pretty hectic, but I'm really into it.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing, most of the girls we hung out with would be topless.

I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was committed to the ocean. That's one thing about Australians; we have the capacity to embrace life.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

Just remember: If you make unfounded assumptions before choosing a path, you’re blindly sauntering along.

It’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.

They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday. In November. You ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No. Because nobody would come.

I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.

Because one cause is bad does not make the opposing cause good.

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.

Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry.

The author creates a book and the people accept or not accept it. The creator of a book is an author and the creator of it's fate are people.

God will not make you do something you don't want to do - He will just make you wish you had.